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Tropical Depression SIXTEEN (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162008
1100 PM EDT WED OCT 15 2008

...DEPRESSION BECOMES ILL-DEFINED INLAND OVER HONDURAS...
...HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AMERICA...

AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION SIXTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE
85.9 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES... 65 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LIMON
HONDURAS AND ABOUT 185 MILES...300 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MONKEY
RIVER TOWN BELIZE.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...AND
A MOTION BETWEEN WEST-SOUTHWEST AND WEST IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 30 MPH...45
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES OVER NICARAGUA...HONDURAS...BELIZE...GUATEMALA...AND THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM EDT POSITION...15.3 N...85.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME
 
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